’VILLELove Stories

MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE MORE THAN 4,000 MARRIED ALUMNI COUPLES IN THE ALUMNI COMMUNITY. SOME FOUND LOVE AS STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, AND SOME MET OR DISCOVERED THEIR LOVE LATER IN LIFE. BUT EACH COUPLE SHARES A COMMON EXPERIENCE OF BEING A MARAUDER. A SELECTION OF HEARTWARMING ’VILLE LOVE STORIES ARE FEATURED HERE TO CELEBRATE THESE SPECIAL JOURNEYS OF Love

DANIELLE (FREED) HOWEY ’17 AND BRET HOWEY ’18

“My husband and I met at Crossgates Golf Club on the range because we were both on the Millersville golf team. He was a freshman, and I was a sophomore. During the second semester, I took

Calculus II, and he took Calculus III. It turned out that we had the same professor that taught in the same classroom, and we both sat in the same seat; we were just in different sections. It was meant to be! That semester I made the ‘excuse’ to visit him in Harbold Hall to help me with my calculus homework. Ever since then, we’ve been inseparable! My husband proposed to me in 2020, and we got married on August 6, 2022. I’m so happy I met him at Millersville!”

KRISTINA (WELLS) OWENS ’04 AND QUINTIN OWENS ’05 we met in 2018. Quintin and I got married on September 25, 2022. Our wedding party consisted of nine Millersville alumni!” ♥

MADISON (MAZZA) TAYLOR ’20 AND AARON TAYLOR ’18

“It turned out that we had the same professor that taught in the same classroom, and we both sat in the same seat; we were just in different sections. It was meant to be!”

Danielle Howey

“Quintin and I attended Millersville University in the early 2000s. Although we never officially met during our undergraduate years, we knew many of the same people, worked the same job, and lived across the street from each other. After graduation, we both remained in Lancaster and took positions in the School District of Lancaster, where

“Aaron and I met during our time at MU. He played on the baseball team, and I was on the cheer team. We would casually run into each other around campus, but it wasn’t until we both attended the club FCA that our friendship really started to grow. My time at MU was nothing short of amazing, and meeting Aaron was the cherry on top that I’ll forever be grateful for.” ♥

Editor’s note: The couple married on March 10, 2023.

TERRI (HOFFMAN) ANDERSON ’80 AND CLAUDE ANDERSON ’79

“Claude and I met in Diehm Hall in 1976 and were married by 1980. Diehm was a coed dorm, and we lived on separate floors. We also had a Spanish class together. Since then, we’ve lived in New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We have four grown sons. We haven’t visited MU very often, but I’d like to go back and see how it all looks now, decades later.” ♥

LUCY DAVIES ’20 AND BRIAN KRAFT ’20

“We both were in Greek Life on campus. We had become really good friends and remained friends for two years…. We started dating in March 2019 during our junior year. After our senior year, I decided to make a crazy move to Sweden to teach at an international school, and he decided to follow. He came six months after me, and we have been living in a 24-square-meter tiny home ever since January 2021! We have loved traveling together and had our most recent summer travels to seven countries in five weeks. Sweden has helped us to connect back with nature, and we intend to stay for at least our Swedish citizenship! Thank you, MU!”

ROWAN LABAR ’21 AND ALYX MATCHETT ’21

Terri students, so we all grew rather close that term. Alyx and I became inseparable best friends for years, always having lunch dates at Saxbys or taking walks around the pond to look at the swans (from a safe distance ... we learned our lesson from Miller). We actually didn’t start dating until early 2021, spring of our senior year. We graduated together and the rest was history…. We’re engaged and plan to marry in 2024, and we’ll be sure to invite our lifelong MU friends to attend. Millersville gave us amazing memories and experiences as individuals, and together as a couple.”

NICOLE (GEORGE) BREWER ’96 AND BILL BREWER ’96

began dating and got engaged in the spring of 1991. We were married in the summer of 1992 and had our reception in Gordinier Hall. This year we will be celebrating our 31st anniversary.”

LEA (OWRUTSKY) ELLER ’17 AND CAMERON ELLER ’17

“We met in ENGL 242 Storybuilding in spring 2018, our freshman year. It was a three-hour night class with only 12

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“Some people say that nothing good happens after 2 a.m. Usually, that’s true, but my husband and I met at 3 a.m. at a TKE party in February of our senior year, and it was love at first sight. It may have been the trip to Denny’s at 4 a.m. that sealed the deal. We’ve been married for 23 years and share two wonderful daughters. And yes, we’re still blissfully in love.”

WENDI (WOLFE) MILLER ’91 AND SHAWN MILLER

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“Shawn and I met during our sophomore year at Millersville while we both were participating in the bowling club. We

“My husband, Cameron, and I met at the 2013 MU Orientation. We were in the same orientation group, classes, and both computer science majors. We became fast friends, and over the next few months, that blossomed into the foundation our now 10-year relationship stands on. We were married on campus at Millersville in November 2018 and just celebrated four wonderful years of marriage together. Millersville has given so much to us, from education to our love story, and we continue to give back.” ♥